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Address by Liam Connellan, Director General of the Confederation of Irish Industry, as Guest Speaker at Fine Gael Trade Union Council's Annual Conference, Mont Clare Hotel, Dublin

A speech given by Liam Connellan, Director General of the Confederation of Irish Industry, at the Annual Conference of the Commercial Agricultural Graduates Organisation at the Cill Dara Hotel.

A talk given by Liam Connellan, Director General of the Confederation of Irish Industry, to the Society of Professional Organisers.

The countess Markievicz Memorial Lecture has been established by the Irish Association for Industrial relations with the support of the Department of Labour. Countess Markievicz was the first Minister for Labour for the newly independent Irish State.…

This book is both a survey and an argument. It is a survey of the Interplay of industrial relations and politics in Britain since 1951; but it is also an argument about the crisis of labour which has lain at the heart of that interplay throughout.…

Michael Goldfield challenges standard explanations for union decline, arguing that the major causes are to be found in the changing relations between classes. Goldfield combines innovative use of National Labor Relations Board certification election…

Comparatively Little is known about the history of the English Trade unions before the repel of combination laws in 1824, because they were illegal, and therefore underground organization. The home office paper in the public record office constitutes…

What are the key features of Unionized Labour Markets? This important book analyses the nature of contracts between unions and management, and evaluates the result for wages, employment, and productivity. It synthesizes the major strands of research…

Speech by Liam Connellan, Director General of the Confederation of Irish Industry at CDEIF Conference, Lisbon

In most of the EU fifteen Member States Sectoral collective bargaining is an import process, if not the principal means of regulating relations between employers and employees. Yet the sectoral level of social dialogue has long been neglected at the…

This text covers the evolving industrial relations law and its usage in Ireland. It comments on the origin of trade unions and the significance that has been had by the British system, as well as bridging the constitution and industrial relations in…

Industrial relations law and practice in the republic of Ireland is a reflection of the haphazard way in which the system evolved. It is the product of several acts of expediency rather than rational planning with a coherent philosophy. One of the…

Part of the Department of Employment’s Research Paper series is their main channel for reporting the results of research that it has funded. The department has developed a considerable programme of research into employment and industrial relations…

Britain's trade unions are facing formidable problems as they respond to the challenge of rapid economic and industrial change. But they remain adaptable enough to survive and grow into the twenty-first century. This is the main conclusion of this…

Comments by Liam Connellan, Director General of the Confederation of Irish Industry, at CII North-East Regional Meeting, at the Fairways Hotel, Dundalk